The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources received a $651,000 project grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664). The grant will support landscape-scale forest restoration efforts to protect priority lakes in the Upper Mississippi River Basin through May 2028. Key activities will include managing forests to improve water quality in the region. As the state natural resources agency, the Minnesota...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731), administered by the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The grant funding will support climate mitigation and forest resilience practices for non-industrial private forest landowners in Minnesota. Key objectives include increasing climate change adaptation, supporting forest health, and facilitating...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) received a $5,574,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). The grant funding supports the Minnesota Climate Mitigation and Forest Resilience Cost Share Program, which aims to provide cost-share assistance and technical support to underserved private forest landowners in Minnesota. The program focuses on climate...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $590,000 Project Grant under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664) to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on August 12, 2024. The grant funding supports a landscape-scale restoration project focused on protecting working forestlands in the Driftless Area of Minnesota for multiple benefits related to trout, turkey, and timber. The project aims to reduce wildfire risks, improve watershed function,...
This federal Project Grant award of $380,000.00 was issued on August 29, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Forest Stewardship Program (CFDA 10.678). The grant supports the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources in implementing long-term active management of non-industrial private and other non-federal forest lands in Minnesota to sustain the multiple environmental, economic, and social values of forest ecosystems. Key activities include providing technical...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $3,000,000 Project Grant to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731). The grant, awarded on January 16, 2025, supports climate mitigation and forest resilience practices for non-industrial private forest landowners in Minnesota, with a period of performance through December 31, 2029. Key objectives include increasing climate change adaptation,...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources received a $398,000 project grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service to support Minnesota Forest Health Protection and Monitoring Projects. Funded through the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680), the award will allow the Minnesota DNR to deliver services from September 2021 through September 2024 to protect and manage non-federal forest resources in Minnesota from damaging insects, diseases, and invasive plants....
This $478,000.00 Project Grant award was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act - Forest Legacy Program (CFDA 10.734). The grant funding supports the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in identifying, protecting, and preserving environmentally important forest areas across Minnesota that are at risk of conversion to non-forest uses. Key activities to be carried out under this 5-year grant include conservation easements, fee...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service R9-Eastern Region awarded a $5,250,000 Project Grant to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (Minnesota DNR) on August 23, 2023 through the Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727). The grant funding will support the Expanding Access to Future Forests Through Outreach and Education project over a 5-year period, concluding on August 18, 2028. The Minnesota DNR, a U.S. state government entity, will use...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) was awarded a $3.5 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance program (CFDA 10.698). The grant will support the Minnesota DNR's bundled cohesive fire strategy, state fire assistance, and volunteer fire capacity projects through September 2027. As outlined in the program description, the State & Private Forestry Cooperative Fire Assistance...